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Pharmaceutical services in the Department of Veterans Affairs

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 1997
The status of pharmaceutical services in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is described. The VA health care system is transforming itself from a hospital-based organization into 22 health care networks that emphasize primary and ambulatory care. The impact on VA pharmacy has been substantial.
Kenneth W. Kizer, John E. Ogden, Denis J. Ramirez, Andrew Muniz, Albert A. Patterson   +4 more
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Families' Perceptions of End-of-Life Care in Veterans Affairs versus Non-Veterans Affairs Facilities

Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2010
The Veterans Affairs (VA) has made significant investments in care for veterans. However, it is not known whether these investments have produced improvements in end-of-life care in the VA compared to other settings. Therefore, the goal of this study was to compare families' perceptions of end-of-life care among patients who died in VA and non-VA ...
Christine S. Ritchie, Dawn Smith, Hien L. Lu, Christian Davis Furman, Scott Shreve, Catherine Wolff, F. Amos Bailey, Kenneth E. Rosenfeld, Emily Trancik, David Casarett   +9 more
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Dedicated to the Mission: Strategies US Department of Veterans Affairs Home‐Based Primary Care Teams Apply to Keep Veterans at Home

Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, 2019
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Home‐Based Primary Care (HBPC) Program provides interdisciplinary, long‐term primary care for frail, disabled, or chronically ill veterans.
L. Haverhals, C. Manheim, C. Gilman, J. Karuza, T. Olsan, S. Edwards, C. Levy, S. Gillespie   +7 more
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Caring for the Geriatric Combat Veteran at the Veteran Affairs Hospital

Current Trauma Reports, 2016
The US population continues to grow older, and their needs pose a challenge to the healthcare system. The nation’s aging veterans are no exception to this trend. The geriatric patient is physiologically distinct from younger adults. Geriatric veterans are unique in terms of their social history and the illnesses they risk encountering.
Kimberly A. Davis, Kevin Y. Pei, Felix Y. Lui, Bishwajit Bhattacharya, Ronnie Rosenthal   +4 more
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Customer Experience at Veterans Affairs

Design Management Review, 2016
VA's veteran experience office is basically a startup of about 20 people, many from the private sector. Their brief: Shift Veterans Affairs toward a customer‐first perspective.This Presidential Innovation Fellow helped start the first‐ever cabinet‐level customer experience office in the US government, at the Veterans Affairs Administration.
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Women Veterans' Pathways to and Perspectives on Veterans Affairs Health Care

Women's Health Issues, 2015
We examined Veterans Affairs (VA) health care experiences among contemporary women veteran patients receiving care at a VA medical center. Specifically, we examined women veteran patients' satisfaction with VA care along dimensions in line with patient-centered medical home (patient-aligned care teams [PACT] in VA) priorities, and pathways through ...
Wagner, Clara, Dichter, Melissa E., Mattocks, Kristin M   +2 more
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Obesity prevalence among veterans at Veterans Affairs medical facilities

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2005
Obesity is a significant public health problem in the United States. Comprehensive obesity prevalence data among veterans have not been previously reported.This is a cross-sectional analysis of 1,803,323 veterans receiving outpatient care at 136 Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities in 2000. Measured weight, height, and demographic data were used to
William S. Yancy, Mary Burdick, Eileen Ciesco, Linda S. Kinsinger, Anthea Wang, Sandeep R. Das, Steven J. Yevich   +6 more
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Reliance on Veterans Affairs Outpatient Care by Medicare-eligible Veterans

Medical Care, 2011
To examine longitudinal changes in Medicare-eligible veterans' reliance on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system for primary and specialty care over 4 years.We merged VA administrative and Medicare claims data to examine outpatient use during fiscal years (FY) 2001 to 2004 by 15,520 Medicare-eligible veterans who used VA primary ...
Matthew L. Maciejewski, James F. Burgess, John C. Fortney, Nancy D. Sharp, Mark Perkins, Chris L. Bryson, Paul L. Hebert, Willard G. Manning, Chuan Fen Liu   +8 more
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Addressing the Opioid Epidemic in the United States: Lessons From the Department of Veterans Affairs.

JAMA Internal Medicine, 2017
Reflecting a comprehensive VA effort to improve pain management, in 2007 fewer veterans received high doses of opioids and more veterans received non-opioid pain therapies, naloxone, and treatment for substance use disorders.
W. Gellad, C. Good, D. Shulkin
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Workplace Perceptions of Veterans and Nonveterans in the Department of Veterans Affairs

Military Psychology, 2016
Much has been written about veterans and their reintegration into civilian society, but little or no information is available about veterans’ workplace perceptions and how these might differ from t...
Dee Ramsel, Katerine Osatuke, Robert Teclaw   +2 more
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